A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 375

Dou Luhuairang took Wu Huaiyu to Pingkangfang and went straight to Tingyulou.

Although the barbarian restaurants in West Market are more open, the Nanqu operas in Pingkang Fang are all produced by the Jiaofang Secretary. It is not as lively and noisy as the barbarian bar, but it is a little more quiet.

Feeling depressed, naturally looking for a relatively quiet place.

Tingyu Tower is the site of my sister-in-law Gao Huitong, and Doulu Huairang is also a frequent visitor. He went directly to the private room, and specially asked the pipa girl to play, and the dancer to dance.

He even invited four beautiful girls to accompany him to drink, two of them, hugging left and right.

Music together, dance together.

Hugging left and right, enjoying good food and wine, I really didn't feel so lost. Even Wu Huaiyu stayed in the palace for a long time, and this meeting felt extremely enjoyable.

Dou Lu Huairang felt that only at this moment could he be considered a man again.

Hearing that Wu Huaiyu became the emperor's father-in-law, and even got closer, the eldest son bestowed the emperor's nineteen daughters, and the eldest daughter married the emperor's ten sons, Dou Lu Huairang couldn't help but shake his head.

He is the emperor's sixth sister, Princess Wanchun, and he has a deep understanding of royal women. Most people really don't want to marry the royal family, especially men, it is best not to marry Princess Shang.

Princess Shang, it's not called marrying a princess, but it's actually the same as visiting a son-in-law.

If it's okay to live in the princess' mansion, at least I'm the one who's wronged, but if I let the princess pass by, then the whole family will be wronged.

Some royal princesses are domineering, and their parents-in-law have to greet her every day.

Doulu Huairang has not dared to take a concubine so far, so he can only secretly accept a maidservant, or raise a few prostitutes outside, but he dare not even have a child.

suffocated.

Thinking that Doulu Huairang is also a son of a famous family, he is also the second son of the family, a veteran Guanlong nobleman of the Doulu family, his mother is the Hongnong Yang family, the prime minister's younger sister, and his grandmother is a princess of the Sui Dynasty, but so what?

He, Dou Lu Huairang, is still a son-in-law.

If he didn't marry the royal princess, he, Dou Lu Huairang, not to mention marrying daughters of five surnames and seven families, at least marrying a girl with six surnames in Guanzhong would be no problem, and life would be much more comfortable.

"Since the status quo cannot be changed, it is better to change the mentality."

"What do you mean?"

"If you can't resist, then enjoy it."

Doulu Huairang was speechless.

In the end, we talked about the ghost market. Doulu Huairang also knew that Wu Huaiyu led the three yamen to raid the ghost market, but he couldn't blame Wu Huaiyu. Besides, Wu Huaiyu didn't hide it from him. So deeply connected.

Dou Lu Huairang is not ignorant of these things, he said helplessly, "The family is big and the business is big, and it will always be involved in all aspects, but we didn't know it would be so deeply involved."

If you want to blame, you can only blame Dou Luda, and that servant boy of Dou Luda is too courageous.

Of course, the Doulu family was not innocent, after all, although Doulu Da's maidservant was in charge of having children, the Doulu family did not waste the money they earned.

With so much income from that ghost cave every year, and so many illegal businesses, would the Doulu family not know anything about it?

It can only be said that they acquiesced in allowing this to happen.

Dou Lu Huairang came to drink with Wu Huaiyu today, of course he didn't meet him halfway, he was waiting for Huaiyu at the gate of the palace on purpose, coming to drink was just an excuse,

In fact, he was sent by Brother Dou Lukuan and Princess Wanchun.

I just want to complain to Wu Huaiyu, and then ask Wu Huaiyu for a solution to the aftermath. Now Doulu Kuan Douluda brothers have been dismissed, and even the three brothers Doulu Huairang have been dismissed. There is no pity, a mere lowly servant girl gave birth to a child, and she was doing some chores, and she died when she died.

Even if Princess Yankangfang's house is confiscated and Doulu's house is copied and fined a lot of money, it's nothing.

What they are worried about now is how far this matter will go.

If the investigation continues, the matter can be big or small, and if the emperor really wants to get to the bottom of it, then Dou Lu's family may be doomed.

Wrong and beaten, they also admitted.

"Erlang, what do you think we should do now? We also know that we are wrong. It is the maidservant who gave birth to a son who deserves to die. He used the name of our Doulu family to bluff and cheat and run amok. We were all deceived. Of course, our family We can’t get rid of the responsibility, and now we only want to make amends.”

This attitude is not bad.

The veteran nobles who can last for several dynasties are indeed not ordinary people, they are very sensitive.

He who can bend and stretch is a man.

Wu Huaiyu thought for a while, this time the Doulu family just happened to hit the iron plate, and the emperor deliberately set an example, but Li Shimin is a man, not Liu Bang or Zhu Yuanzhang, and he would not say that if he catches you, he will beat you with a stick die.

Li Shimin belongs to the more traditional aristocratic style.

They are relatively smooth in their work.

It can be seen from the appointment and removal of those prime ministers and ministers in Li Shimin's current court. Li Shimin has principles and bottom lines, but he can also accommodate.

If the bottom line is touched, the emperor will take action to suppress the lesson, but he will not be killed with a stick, and will often be used again soon.

This kind of beating and beating, not only dare not let the courtiers wantonly deceive, but also can maintain stability, so that there will be no major troubles.

Since the change of Xuanwu Gate, just looking at the prime ministers appointed and removed by Li Shimin, we know that the appointments and dismissals are frequent, no less than Chongzhen's operations, but the court is very stable, this is a skill.

Doulu's family will definitely not be in any serious danger this time, but it is definitely necessary to knock a few bags, and even have to sit on the bench for a while.

Of course, it also depends on performance. If you perform well, and you can cooperate with time and affairs, you may pass quickly and start to recover.

"I have asked His Majesty for an order to renovate the ghost cave in the south of the city, but I still need some money and food."

Doulu Huairang immediately patted his chest and said, "The Doulu family is willing to donate money and food, we will give whatever they want."

Huaiyu looked at this guy.

"Do you know the six doors?"

Doulu Huairang is the emperor's brother-in-law, his father is the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and his eldest brother is Qianniu Beishen. He naturally knows the six doors, especially the six doors have participated in many major cases, including suppressing Luo Yi's rebellion, killing Wang Junkuo, and cracking down on Wang Junkuo. Put down Li Youliang, Li Xiaochang and other major rebellion cases.

Now more and more people know about the six doors.

Even the six doors have gradually moved from behind the scenes to the front desk, and began to work in a semi-public manner. For example, this raid on the ghost market was a joint operation with the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the Sanya of Yongzhou Prefecture.

Dou Lu Huairang knew the power of the Six Doors, and even knew that the Six Doors were jointly controlled by Zhang Liang and Wu Huaiyu.

"Brother Doulu, I think you are very good at logistics. Our six doors are in need of a talent like Brother Doulu to join. There is a vacancy for Yuanwailang in the six doors. It was my previous job. I don't know if Brother Doulu has one." Unwilling to join?"

This made him hesitate.

The more you know about the six doors, the more fearful you become.

At the same time, it also makes people a little awed and wants to stay away from him. With Dou Lu Huairang's status, of course he is even more unwilling to have anything to do with a yamen like Six Fanmen.

After all, there are many such yamen in history, but none of them have a good reputation.

To put it bluntly, the people in this yamen are close ministers of the emperor, but to put it bluntly, they may be reduced to cruel officials or even sycophants. Often the children of famous nobles would not be willing to participate.

But in the face of Wu Huaiyu's invitation, Dou Lu Huairang did not directly refuse, the main reason was that he was asking Wu Huaiyu now.

"Do you see me?" He asked with an embarrassed smile.

"As long as you want, I can immediately recommend it to the saint,"

Dou Lu Huairang hesitated for a long time, but finally he gritted his teeth and agreed, "As long as you don't dislike my lack of ability, I would like to continue working with Erlang."

"Okay, it's a deal."

Since he was willing to join, Wu Huaiyu became more enthusiastic about his request for help.

He gave him some suggestions, one is that Doulu's family will contribute money to help establish Nanshi in the south of the city, and even contribute money and people to help Six Gates renovate underground caves and build workshops and warehouses.

Of course, there is the most important point, Doulu's family has to submit a certificate.

They must confess all their illegal activities in the ghost city in the south of the city, and their upstream and downstream lists.

Wu Huaiyu made a guarantee with the emperor that he must thoroughly clean up the malignant tumor of the ghost cave in the south of the city. To clean it up, the key is not the hole, but the original people.

Many illegal activities in ghost caves have a complete industrial chain.

The Doulu family is naturally very clear about many of the related industrial chains, and this request is not too much, but if the Doulu family agrees, then they will not want to continue those things in the future.

Dou Lu's family can still tell which is more important, and Dou Lu Huairang directly agreed to Wu Huaiyu.

In contrast, it is nothing to send some money, food, and people to help build Nanshi and transform the ghost caves. In fact, the most important thing that famous families need is money. As long as their status is not lost, money will naturally flow to them .

What Dou Lu Huairang was really reluctant to part with was the mansion in Yankangfang.

It used to be the mansion of Yang Su, a power official in the Sui Dynasty. It was extremely extravagant, and classic legends such as Red Flying at Night and Reunion after a Broken Mirror happened here.

After Li Yuan entered Chang'an, he directly rewarded Princess Wanchun, which occupies a quarter of Yankangfang, with this mansion. to build this mansion.

The money, property, manpower, and energy spent before and after are countless, and it is not even finished yet.

Now the emperor confiscated his sister's mansion and gave it to his son in one sentence. This behavior really made Dou Lu Huairang and his wife very uncomfortable, and Dou Lu Huairang was also very reluctant.

"Brother Doulu, the Qianshen house is just something outside of the body, why do you care so much? I also admire Brother Doulu's financial management methods very much. It's nothing to give up a house. You can build another one later."

"That's Yankang Fang, which occupies a quarter of the land. No matter how rich you are, you can't get such a large piece of land in Chang'an."

"Yankangfang, a good place next to the West Market, to the west is the West Market, and to the north is Guangdefang, where the Yongzhou government government is located..." Doulu Huairang was still muttering there.

Now Chang’an still has a lot of land that can be used to build big mansions, and only those in the south of the city, but they are far away from the most prosperous areas in Chang’an, and they are all farmland, vegetable fields, orchards or temples. Whoever goes there to build a house, even if To build other courtyards and manors, it is better to build them outside the city.

"Could it be possible that you still want His Majesty to take back his order and ask King Wei to return this house to you again? Do you really want to do this?" Huaiyu asked with a smile.

Dou Lu Huairang sighed helplessly, "Forget it, Erlang, you have courage. The house that His Majesty rewarded you in Xuanyang Fang also occupies a quarter of the square, but you can directly give up half to build a Taoist temple."

"Longmen was created by my master Xiaoyaozi. As a disciple, even though I am going down to become an official, I still have to promote the way of respecting the master," Huaiyu said solemnly.

On this day, the two of them were having a good time listening to Yulou. After getting half drunk, Dou Lu Huairang refused to go home, so he asked Wu Huaiyu to stay with him in the brothel overnight.

Wu Huaiyu spent the night in a brothel for the first time.

When he found time, he drank a pot of tea and chatted with his sister-in-law Gao Huitong for half the night. Jiuweihu had no objection to Huaiyu's introduction of Doulu Huaiyu to become one of the four members of the Six Sects.

He just reminded Wu Huaiyu that Dou Lu Huairang is not as simple as it seems, and Dou Lu's family is even more difficult.

The next day, Huaiyu reported to the emperor in secret, recommending Doulu Huairang as the member of the six sects, and reporting that Doulu's family is willing to contribute money and food to help build the South City and repair the secret caves. Yuanwailang.

(End of this chapter)